{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}} {{About|the placekicker|the tight end|Tyler Davis (tight end)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Tyler Davis | image = | image_size = | current_team = | number = 9 | position = Placekicker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|29}} | birth_place = St. Charles, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 192 | high_school = St. Charles North<br/>(St. Charles, Illinois) | college = Penn State | undraftedyear = 2018 | pastteams = * Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|2018}})* | status = | highlights = * Vlade Award (2016) * First-team All-Big Ten (2016) * Fiesta Bowl champion (2017) }} '''Tyler Dale Davis''' (born September 29, 1994) is an American former football placekicker. He played college football at Penn State of the Big Ten Conference.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/tyler_davis_944890.html | publisher = GoPSUsports | title = Tyler Davis at PSU | access-date = December 5, 2016}}</ref>
==Early life== Davis went to St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois, but did not participate in football.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=McGonigal|first=John|date=October 28, 2016|title=One Icy Night: The story of Tyler Davis' car accident|work=Centre Daily Times|url=https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article111180412.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411011639/http://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article111180412.html|archive-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref> However, he played for his high school soccer team, and participated at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} During his sophomore year of high school, he had to sit out the year due to a car crash. He came back in his junior year and scored a school record with 25 goals.<ref name=":0" />
==College career== Davis started his college career at Bradley University, where he did not play football but soccer. After a year at Bradley, Tyler transferred to Penn State, where he walked on to the football team as a placekicker.
During the 2015 season, Davis went a perfect 8 for 8 on field goals and 11 for 11 for extra points. He shared kicking duties that year with freshman Joey Julius. During his junior season, he went 22 for 24 on FGs (both misses being blocked), and remained perfect with extra points going 55/55. He finished the regular season with 121 points in total and received All-Big Ten honors.
In his senior season, Davis struggled only going 9 of 17 and only making two kicks from 40 yards or beyond. In the Fiesta Bowl, Penn State was up a touchdown and Davis had a chance to secure the Penn State win with a 45-yard field goal, but pulled the kick. Penn State went on to win the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/3791111/tyler-davis|title = Tyler Davis Stats}}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 5 | height in = 9 7/8 | weight = 192 | arm span = 28 1/8 | hand span = 8 7/8 | wingspan ft = 5 | wingspan in = 10 1/8 | note = All values from Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 NFL Draft Scout Tyler Davis College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1019513&DraftYear=2018 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft, Davis signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=What you need to know about the Bills undrafted free agents|url=http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-Bills-undrafted-free-agents/4198d44f-b0d6-4b45-a8f4-699f9bef5070|website=BuffaloBills.com|date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511180507/https://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-Bills-undrafted-free-agents/4198d44f-b0d6-4b45-a8f4-699f9bef5070|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was waived on August 21, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bills sign free agent P Jon Ryan|url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-sign-free-agent-p-jon-ryan|author=Brown, Chris|website=BuffaloBills.com|date=August 21, 2018}}</ref>
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